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how do we do the deficit reconstruction. how do we do the tough stuff. let level the playing field, let's make this responsive to the main stream businesses every day. struggle and simply asking for justice. they're simply asking for equity. i yield the floor. >>> joining us from capitol hill. what is the purpose of this senate internet sales tax bill? >> the legislation state require that online retailers charge sales tax when consumers make a purchase online. that includes retailers not within their own state. >> who are some of the supporters? why did some say it will level the -- playing field for retailers? >> the big which include retail industry. it's the big restalers -- retailers, walmart, amazon.com, which is an online retailer. they said brick and mortar are at the disadvantage. they have to charge the sales tax with the online retailers don't. consumers are technically are supposed to pay the taxes on the tax return, but studies show that most don't. so in effect online goods get that 6 to 10% on average discount. >> what about the opponents
how do we do the deficit reconstruction. how do we do the tough stuff. let level the playing field, let's make this responsive to the main stream businesses every day. struggle and simply asking for justice. they're simply asking for equity. i yield the floor. >>> joining us from capitol hill. what is the purpose of this senate internet sales tax bill? >> the legislation state require that online retailers charge sales tax when consumers make a purchase online. that includes...
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together with the deficit reduction enacted last congress, the senate budget would reduce the deficit by $4.3 trillion. through a nearly two to one mix of spending cuts and revenue, two parts spending cuts to one part revenue. house republicans took a very different approach with their budget, making only cuts, drastic cuts to education, to law enforcement, to medical research, even ending medicare as we know it for future retirees. the house budget derives its deficit reduction from cuts that primarily hurt low-income and middle-class americans while refusing to touch a single tax give-away to wealthy and well-connected special interests. senate democrats took a middle course. house republicans produced an extremist tea party wish list. in his own budget plan, president obama included some smart provisions like investments in infrastructure and the buffett rule for tax fairness. and i respect the president's outreach to a compromise with republicans, but i cannot support the cuts to social security benefits in his plan. it is simply wrong to place the burden of deficit reduction on s
together with the deficit reduction enacted last congress, the senate budget would reduce the deficit by $4.3 trillion. through a nearly two to one mix of spending cuts and revenue, two parts spending cuts to one part revenue. house republicans took a very different approach with their budget, making only cuts, drastic cuts to education, to law enforcement, to medical research, even ending medicare as we know it for future retirees. the house budget derives its deficit reduction from cuts that...
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deficits continue far into the future. the president also offered no real entitlement reform and no plan to grow america's stagnant economy. president obama is truly budgeting from behind. what's interesting about this budget, though, is it's not just how late it was. it's that it -- it isn't just what he says about what that says about the lack of leadership from the white house. what's also very interesting is what this budget says about the coming train wreck of the president's own health care law. the train wreck succombing not just because the -- the train wreck is coming not just because the health care law is unaffordable for families, it is unaffordable for taxpayers of this country. it fails to slow down washington spending, but it is also dishonest about how much of a budget buster his health care law will be. in fact, the administration has used a lot of smoke and mirrors to try to hide the true cost of the health care law. here's how the associated press put it. they ran an article titled "tracking obama's heal
deficits continue far into the future. the president also offered no real entitlement reform and no plan to grow america's stagnant economy. president obama is truly budgeting from behind. what's interesting about this budget, though, is it's not just how late it was. it's that it -- it isn't just what he says about what that says about the lack of leadership from the white house. what's also very interesting is what this budget says about the coming train wreck of the president's own health...
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many of you have heard richard's book, the last child in the woods about children's nature deficit disorder, as he calls it. this has happened slowly. it started with writers like jack london and william long that theodore roosevelt called major fakers. that put -- we go through how we began increasingly to get our views of nature digitally and on screens rather than hands-on a stewardship kind of things. and so we took ourselves out of the storage of business. we took our cells out of the prediction business. huge swaths of the white tailed year's historic range, which is that eastern one-third of the united states, it's off-limits to human predation, and there is all sorts of evidence not to suggest that the biggest predator of white tail deer since the end of the last ice age is not wolves and cougars but human beings. so -- and i had messages is wildlife do a study. two rules which we all think of much. you cannot discharge a firearm within 150 feet of a hard surface road in massachusetts or thin 500 feet of an occupied dwelling. massachusetts has a lot of rose and a lot of people. it i
many of you have heard richard's book, the last child in the woods about children's nature deficit disorder, as he calls it. this has happened slowly. it started with writers like jack london and william long that theodore roosevelt called major fakers. that put -- we go through how we began increasingly to get our views of nature digitally and on screens rather than hands-on a stewardship kind of things. and so we took ourselves out of the storage of business. we took our cells out of the...
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as we tackle that deficit and . at said, when we hadpayroll tada deepesys of our rece the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax revenues. and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. >> when the war began, congress came into session and july. it issued a statement that articulated the consensus war goals of the united states. it was very simple. very clear. the purpose of this war is to restore the union. to disrupt the social institutions of the south. and everybody knew what that meant. it meant not to disrupt slavery. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span three. at the capitol today, cabinet secretaries and othersteng b qu, janet napolitano testified for a second
as we tackle that deficit and . at said, when we hadpayroll tada deepesys of our rece the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax revenues. and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. >> when the war began, congress came into session and july. it...
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it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1 came, sequestration came, people woke up the next day and said what's the big deal? well, we're finding out what the big deal is all about. we just heard from the budget of the f.a.a., the air traffic controllers, that because of sequestration they have little option, 85% of their proiption praitional budget is in personnel and air traffic controllers are most of the personnel. so therefore they've announced this have to furlough 11 days during the remainder of this fiscal year, and that comes out to about one furlough day over each work period. it's as much as a 10% reduc
it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1...
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trade deficit with. a devastated middle class. so the first part deals with those kinds of problems a second part shows what is happening to the american labor force it in effect has been turned into a third world labor force where they only available jobs are and lowly paid the best services so that they can affect. the new economy is to have to have an undeveloped burial of congress and the third part deals with the current. so-cal sovereign debt crisis in europe and shows that it's being used to establish two things one that the public must bear the cost of mistakes made by private banks and the other use of the so-called crisis is to take away the sovereignty of the individual countries by turning their budget and tax policy over to to the e.u. so that's what the book is it walks you through basically the failure of economics the failure of all of the apologists for the failure policies now what happened with. while it probably and i use the failure of laissez faire capitalism well if you look back over the last quarter centur
trade deficit with. a devastated middle class. so the first part deals with those kinds of problems a second part shows what is happening to the american labor force it in effect has been turned into a third world labor force where they only available jobs are and lowly paid the best services so that they can affect. the new economy is to have to have an undeveloped burial of congress and the third part deals with the current. so-cal sovereign debt crisis in europe and shows that it's being...
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reduction policies like the ones we are proposing. >> the proposal includes $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years. tax increases for the wealthy and raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour. lew will testify before the senate budget committee at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley's trip to the super bowl was an expensive one. according to "the baltimore sun" maryland's state police spent more than $5600 on o'malley's trip to north koreans to cheering on the ravens. money was spent on airfare, meals, vehicles, hotel rooms, and overtime. o'malyes has a taxpayer funded sky box at the stadium giving him access to eight super bowl tickets. he and his wife paid for their tickets using personal funds. the others will sold at face value to top aides and the city delegates. >>> our time is 11:49. coming up, a musical tribute to tilds. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check of warmer forecast. >>> we have a very special trio in the studio headed to venezuela and brazil this week to share their heritage and talent. th
reduction policies like the ones we are proposing. >> the proposal includes $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years. tax increases for the wealthy and raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour. lew will testify before the senate budget committee at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley's trip to the super bowl was an expensive one. according to "the baltimore sun" maryland's state police spent more than $5600 on o'malley's trip to...
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san jose overcame a two-goal deficit and tied the game up but ryan johansen scored a tiebreaking goal with a- minute-and-37-seconds to go. all the sharks needed to do was win the game or take it to overtime to clinch their ninth-straight playoff spot. now with only three games left to play the sharks turn their attention to their final home game which is set for tuesday against the dallas stars. warriors all-star power- great weather. maybe we are going to play hooky? >> not only is it going to be nice to beautiful. >> and remember you can watch the weather forecast whenever it is convenient for you on our 24/7 bay area news channel. you can also get headlines and live traffic. it's on comcast 193 and you can also watch it live on kron4.com. you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't pause a show in one room then start playing it in another. and...i'm talking to myself... [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv for j
san jose overcame a two-goal deficit and tied the game up but ryan johansen scored a tiebreaking goal with a- minute-and-37-seconds to go. all the sharks needed to do was win the game or take it to overtime to clinch their ninth-straight playoff spot. now with only three games left to play the sharks turn their attention to their final home game which is set for tuesday against the dallas stars. warriors all-star power- great weather. maybe we are going to play hooky? >> not only is it...
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as we tackle that deficit and debt. that said, when we had the payroll tax decreases during the deepest days of our recession, the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax .evenues and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. host: the house is coming in at 10:00 a.m. we will open the phones. we have put a lot of topics on the table. we will take your phone calls on issues we have been discussing today. first, we will get this news update from c-span radio. >> 9:20 a.m. eastern time. the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits increased i 4000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 352,000. the level is consistent with solid hiring and suggests the job market should rebound this month after slowing sharply in march. the labor department says the four-week average, a less volatile mea
as we tackle that deficit and debt. that said, when we had the payroll tax decreases during the deepest days of our recession, the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax .evenues and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. host: the house is coming in...
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tambiÉn viene detrÁs de Él de un profesor y un tutor y sigue insistiendo en que el dÉficit no estÁ en los genes. el profesor miguel lÓpez empezo a trabajar con niÑos con sÍndrome de down hace 4 dÉcadas se convenciÓ que si los mÉdicos, la familia y la escuela y toda la sociedad les decÍa que eran inacap ceso de aprender nunca iba a desarrollar inteligencia. mientras tanto pablo trabaja para que las personas con distancio da discapacidad tengan mÁs oportunidades. cuando le propusieron hacer. mucho tiene que ver con su vida y su trabajo fue conviene skwent que se lleÓo un gran premio en el festival de cine de san sebastiÁn. >> quizÁs al mejor actor pablo opinipineda por yo tambiÉn. >> lo que asumir mÁs al principio me daba muy bien. en donde me quedÉ perplejo que tiene un joven con sÍndrome de down. >> o sea, me puedo enamorar y hacer muchas cosas y en donde tiene un gran pendiente, nunca ha tenido una novia dice que los prejuicios le ganan la vida, no pierde las esperanzas que pueda actuar como maestro y encontrar a una mujer que comparta sus sueÑos y deseos de superaci
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it's deficit stating. with the attacks in boston, we don't know where the next attack will be. also, with the letters coming to washington this week and senator's office in phoenix where i live now. they are trying to find holes in our security. for the administrator to suddenly decide that one week from today is a good idea to allow knives on every airplane in the united states is a terrible idea. it's a slap in the face to 9/11 victims and also to just america in general. we were all affected that day. this is not just about me and not just about 9/11 families. yes, it brings back horrific memories for us and the long process it's taken to get over it it's about all of us, the general public. >> neil: rebecca, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> neil: we'll have more. [ tires screech ] [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned... mercedes-benz for the next new owner. ♪ hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% fina
it's deficit stating. with the attacks in boston, we don't know where the next attack will be. also, with the letters coming to washington this week and senator's office in phoenix where i live now. they are trying to find holes in our security. for the administrator to suddenly decide that one week from today is a good idea to allow knives on every airplane in the united states is a terrible idea. it's a slap in the face to 9/11 victims and also to just america in general. we were all affected...
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it is deficit-reduction without a tax increase. i think it's the kind of deficit reduction that we can get bipartisan support for in the country. grow up all sorts of other issues. what about public education? public schools don't teach kids how to read english well and don't teach them american history. but that's a problem, then we need education reform. that is being worked on a state- by-state. that's a problem for kids born here as well as everybody else, in terms of the quality of education they're getting. what about the welfare system? 185 means-tested welfare programs. bill clinton worked with republican congress to reform aid to families with dependent children. we can make progress on the others as well, and reforming welfare is important and needs to be done. it saves money and keeps people from getting locked into welfare dependency. but none of those are arguments for getting in the way of immigration reform. then there's the question of entitlements medicare and get benefits because they are born, a question of immig
it is deficit-reduction without a tax increase. i think it's the kind of deficit reduction that we can get bipartisan support for in the country. grow up all sorts of other issues. what about public education? public schools don't teach kids how to read english well and don't teach them american history. but that's a problem, then we need education reform. that is being worked on a state- by-state. that's a problem for kids born here as well as everybody else, in terms of the quality of...
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set aside for a moment the deficit issue. i said moment, not forever, we know we have to deal with the deficit. but you cannot solve that deficit unless you have americans working. and we can put americans back to work. -- back to work. >> and unleash, i believe, unleash a new economy. i mean, that's -- we're strangling the economy right now. because we're not making the kind of investments. and again, when you look at our competitors, because from northeast ohio, we play a lot of football, there's a scoreboard. there's a scoreboard. mr. ryan: america is not going to win every game but we better be in a position where in the global economic competition that we are competitive and we know what makes us competitive. and i'm not saying it's all about making money, a lot of this stuff that we're talking about is quality of life. we won't get into health care preventive care or anything leek that but we have human beings that are stuck in traffic for two hours in a commute in and out of a city and we're not investing in the high s
set aside for a moment the deficit issue. i said moment, not forever, we know we have to deal with the deficit. but you cannot solve that deficit unless you have americans working. and we can put americans back to work. -- back to work. >> and unleash, i believe, unleash a new economy. i mean, that's -- we're strangling the economy right now. because we're not making the kind of investments. and again, when you look at our competitors, because from northeast ohio, we play a lot of...
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if we go back to january, our deficit is about 2.5 inches for rainfall. i don't think we will get much today. a cold front across the great lakes will be headed our way tomorrow to bring a chance of a few showers. if you are traveling today, the rough spots will be south of chicago, indianapolis, cincinnati, showers and thunderstorms in the lower mississippi valley. forthere could be delays in new york city. temperatures are in the mid 50's hearing this hour. we will make it into the 70 this afternoon. that the latest. time to see what the croats are doing, jamee. >> busy on the b-w parkway. the beltway lanes are open. virginia 95, lanes are open through stafford and the beltway. newschopper 7 is over northbound b-w parkway still dealing with a crash. tow truck has just arrived. seeing some progress. if you are. leading the beltway, stop and are. you might want to consider interstate 95, running without delay between laurel and the beltway. again, this is the b-w parkway northbound. southbound is open without delay. back to you. >> thank you. that's a goo
if we go back to january, our deficit is about 2.5 inches for rainfall. i don't think we will get much today. a cold front across the great lakes will be headed our way tomorrow to bring a chance of a few showers. if you are traveling today, the rough spots will be south of chicago, indianapolis, cincinnati, showers and thunderstorms in the lower mississippi valley. forthere could be delays in new york city. temperatures are in the mid 50's hearing this hour. we will make it into the 70 this...
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little bit and putting it on hold, we have a bigger issue on immigration in front of us and it's our deficit. we have a broken system that needs to be reformed. i'm afraid we'll rush through some judgments related to immigration and how it's processed. >> george, with respect, i think that as bad an idea as calling this enemy combatant. we have 100% rate of prosecuting terrorists. i think that's the bad idea on the senator mccain. i think the idea of delaying immigration reform, if you ask involved in immigration, this is a horrible idea to take this isolated, horrible, evil incident and make it stand for a larger politics and put immigration reform, put the brakes on that. >> congressman? >> it's not the right thing to do. we're a nation of immigrants. i trust our government. we vet people up and down. we review policies every day. but to put it on hold is not in >> i agree with the congressman. they'll deal with 11 million, 12 million people in this country who are still living in the shadows. we need to integrate all americans in society. we want to main stream them. i think we should mov
little bit and putting it on hold, we have a bigger issue on immigration in front of us and it's our deficit. we have a broken system that needs to be reformed. i'm afraid we'll rush through some judgments related to immigration and how it's processed. >> george, with respect, i think that as bad an idea as calling this enemy combatant. we have 100% rate of prosecuting terrorists. i think that's the bad idea on the senator mccain. i think the idea of delaying immigration reform, if you...
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obviously, every one of us wrestle with budgets and deficits, it kind of perks up -- gives us our attention. do you want to elaborate on that a little bit? >> i guess i would say a couple of things. first, arriving at that estimate is a matter of arithmetic, not particular ingenuity. economic growth comes from growth in people, and their productivity. and immigration controls both the size of the labor force and since immigrants tend to work more and participate at higher rates than the native-born, you get labor force growth. as you've mentioned, we often get small businesses and entrepreneurs, which raise the productivity of those workers, and there are benefits to faster overall economic growth in spreading innovation through the economy and thus raising productivity further. my estimates simply look at increases in immigration and follow the research, literature and rules of thumb for the impacts on gdp and on the budget. it's not magic. it's just arithmetic. i will say that it's important to recognize, i didn't tailor that estimate to 2013, '14, '15. this bill looks like it will take s
obviously, every one of us wrestle with budgets and deficits, it kind of perks up -- gives us our attention. do you want to elaborate on that a little bit? >> i guess i would say a couple of things. first, arriving at that estimate is a matter of arithmetic, not particular ingenuity. economic growth comes from growth in people, and their productivity. and immigration controls both the size of the labor force and since immigrants tend to work more and participate at higher rates than the...
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. >> bob: they all pay their parking tickets then we wouldn't have a big deficit problem. >> eric: $50 billion we have given the u.n. they do fund this human rights council and this guy does get money from that council. >> bob: reports children of the world. >> greg: let's face it, they do fund new york's prostitutes we can't forget that. >> bob: i never saw any hookers at the u.n. >> greg: speak up or stay silent on kermit gosnell born alive at his clinic. kimberly has breaking news on the courtroom action next. ♪ [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance a new ride comes along and changes everything. the 2013 lexus gs. this is the pursuit of perfection. can youtart the day the way you want? can orenci(abatacept) help? could your "i want" become "i can"? talk to your rheumatologist. orencia reduces many ra symptoms like pain, morning stiffness and the progression of joint damage. it's helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other treatments. do not take orencia with another biologic medicine for ra due to an increased risk of serious infe
. >> bob: they all pay their parking tickets then we wouldn't have a big deficit problem. >> eric: $50 billion we have given the u.n. they do fund this human rights council and this guy does get money from that council. >> bob: reports children of the world. >> greg: let's face it, they do fund new york's prostitutes we can't forget that. >> bob: i never saw any hookers at the u.n. >> greg: speak up or stay silent on kermit gosnell born alive at his clinic....
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the people who are demanding we reduce the deficit are demanding more money. i guess we must take money away from someone else to pay for law enforcement. no, i don't want to reduce environmental cleanup and housing for the elderly or cut increases in social security. this is a time we should be providing more money. i guess i'm very grateful that we vote, or at least i did, to increase taxes on people making more than $400,000. >> former massachusetts congressman barney frank. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >>> also joining us, nbc news terrorism andist roger cressey. bare with me while i read this note that i was just handed. the islamic society of boston, cambridge, has leased starjts delivered it on camera md a heres some of the important importants. the suspects were occasional visitors there. they were shocked to hear of the crimes of these two. they never exhibited violence or this behavior. many in the community who knew the tsarnaev brothers have been urged to contact law enforcement.
the people who are demanding we reduce the deficit are demanding more money. i guess we must take money away from someone else to pay for law enforcement. no, i don't want to reduce environmental cleanup and housing for the elderly or cut increases in social security. this is a time we should be providing more money. i guess i'm very grateful that we vote, or at least i did, to increase taxes on people making more than $400,000. >> former massachusetts congressman barney frank. thank you...
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doesn't help us with our trade deficit with china. doesn't help us export more grain to russia. $168 billion we ask american taxpayers to dig into their pocket and pay for the pleasure of paying nair income taxes. more -- their income taxes. more and more americans, mr. speaker, find they can't do their own taxes, that they have to go to a professional tax preparer. i don't mind paying my taxes. i think i'm getting my money's worth. america is a great country. but to help somebody help me pay the taxes makes me angry and it's wrong. it's wrong. you know, i look at what's happened in those former soviet block countries, mr. speaker. you know, those former soviet block countries have all moved to flat taxes? what they found is when they have high tax rates and very difficult to comply with, folks just didn't pay their taxes at all. but when they lowered that rate, made it flat, applied it across a broad base, folks began to voluntarily emit -- remit their taxes. it's not rocket science. it's what we've seen in example after example afte
doesn't help us with our trade deficit with china. doesn't help us export more grain to russia. $168 billion we ask american taxpayers to dig into their pocket and pay for the pleasure of paying nair income taxes. more -- their income taxes. more and more americans, mr. speaker, find they can't do their own taxes, that they have to go to a professional tax preparer. i don't mind paying my taxes. i think i'm getting my money's worth. america is a great country. but to help somebody help me pay...
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he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, t house juciar is moving immigration ontswn what's happening in the house? >> the chairman is actua
he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this...
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for the purpose of deficit reduction. they acknowledge that there are all sorts of tax breaks out there in the tax code. they just don't want to close a single one of them in order to reduce the deficit. they will only close those loopholes if it means reducing the tax rate on high income individuals. >> bill: so peter let's post on our web site a link, maybe the phone number for the speaker's office so people can get in and suggest do the right thing. we're not calling for anything special. just regular order. >> regular order on the budget. >> bill: conference, members of the conference committee the senate and house can get together and maybe we can resolve this budget issue. congressman, with that, we'll let you get back to work. >> good to be with you. >> bill: thank you so much for coming in. i appreciate your time very much leadership on so many issues. congressman chris van hollen. i'll be back with a quick parting shot for today. >> announcer: this is the bill press show. i think the number one thing that viewers
for the purpose of deficit reduction. they acknowledge that there are all sorts of tax breaks out there in the tax code. they just don't want to close a single one of them in order to reduce the deficit. they will only close those loopholes if it means reducing the tax rate on high income individuals. >> bill: so peter let's post on our web site a link, maybe the phone number for the speaker's office so people can get in and suggest do the right thing. we're not calling for anything...
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gets away from that, we will work before the introduction to make sure it is deficit neutral. that is one of our bottom lines. thank you, everybody. >> senator chuck grassley is the ranking member. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee can come to order. for the delay. is a deal going on in massachusetts. i hope everybody can understand why the secretary of wonton amo will not be here. -- secretary will not be here. we will reschedule her testimony. she was saying how proud we are of the way that law enforcement .as responded i am distressed to hear an officer being killed. i see at least one person who runs marathons in the audience. my daughter and youngest son do. most marathons are a joyous occasion. the bipartisan proposal, we have established a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. it addresses the lengthy backlog in our immigration system. agricultural workers are in essential part of our communities and work so hard to provide our nations food supplies. it addresses the needs of our .aw enforcement community it impro
gets away from that, we will work before the introduction to make sure it is deficit neutral. that is one of our bottom lines. thank you, everybody. >> senator chuck grassley is the ranking member. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee can come to order. for the delay. is a deal going on in massachusetts. i hope everybody can understand why the secretary of wonton amo will not be here. -- secretary will not be here. we will reschedule her testimony. she was saying how...
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sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a controlled explosion at a house in cambridge, massachusetts, some timeay. amtrak is suspending service between new york and boston. senior democrat associated press as on the house intelligence committeeay the to the st ng suspects had before they confronted police., there was a briefing earlier today. across our networks, we will keep you posted with the latest news and updates. we continue in about an hour in 10 minutes we will take you live to the state department. john kerry, whose brief this morning at the white house on the boston investigat
sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a...
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i have a record of wanting to do deficit reduction. we are grappling with these at the stateoo department. as part of the budget, we will help cut our deficit responsibly while investing in areas that attract economic growth and create jobs for americans and secure our national interest. budget request of represents a six percent reduction from 2012 fudnding levels. we have examined our request with a clear determination to improve efficiency. given limited reforms and reduce costs -- we have implemented reforms and reduce cost. we deliver the maximum bang for the minimal manager of our citizens dollars. about one penny for our national security and global interests out of every dollar. you may give you examples of the kind of work you're doing to make the world safer. with just over $3.5 million, the bureau conflict and stabilization operations made investments leading up to the recent elections in kenya. i know that helped to prevent a repeat of the violence we saw five years ago it also provided accountability to concededodingd odin
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he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, the house judiciary is moving immigration on its own. what's happening in the house? >> the chairma
he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this...
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this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing those throughout the hour this evening. joining me tonight, i have the ntlelady from washington and the gentleman from ohio. and i would like to open this open. you know currently serve on the energy and commerce committee and you have a couple of topics, but let's talk about making life work for american families when t comes to energy. >> i thank you for appealing to the american people so we can hear from them and have conversations with people who are struggling to make ends meet and make our economy work and define those things that are going to
this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing...
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jobs deficit. it's time for a vote on a serious jobs bill, our mantra here in congress should be jobs, jobs, jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from the virgin islands seek recognition? the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. two weeks ago i came to the floor to congratulate virgin islands rocky kevin crigger on his win and qualifying for the kentucky -- he yment. he will be riding golden sense. since then another virgin island stocky has also qualified. they are making history in the entire virgin islands is gearing up to cheer widely for them on may 4 as they make a run for the roses. another virgin islander is an assistant trainer for derby-bound horse it's my lucky day. as a person who grew up in a horse racing family and who has always followed the sport, i could not be prouder to see my young men riding an training in such a prestigious event and i hope to be the
jobs deficit. it's time for a vote on a serious jobs bill, our mantra here in congress should be jobs, jobs, jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from the virgin islands seek recognition? the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. two weeks ago i came to the floor to congratulate virgin islands rocky kevin crigger on his win and qualifying for the kentucky -- he yment....
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the president's forward a balanced plan that would replace sequester and reduce our deficit while making the investments that are necessary to have our economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class and protect seniors and the president is engaged in a process with lawmakers where he is trying to find common ground to see if common ground exists with republicans around the basic principal -- principle we need to reduce the deficit in a balanced way. he has put forward a plan that would to that and eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, congress has to act in order to avert delays. >> senator moran says the fact that you're not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the f.a.a. suggests you want -- you want the sequester to inflict -- >> that's -- since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans decided as a political matter that it was a home run for them to inflict this upon the american people, i think that suggestion just doesn't hold water. secondly, the f.a.a. did take action, all the act it cou
the president's forward a balanced plan that would replace sequester and reduce our deficit while making the investments that are necessary to have our economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class and protect seniors and the president is engaged in a process with lawmakers where he is trying to find common ground to see if common ground exists with republicans around the basic principal -- principle we need to reduce the deficit in a balanced way. he has put forward a plan that would...
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it would over 10 years increased deficit by about $18 billion. it doesn't tell like a lot now but there are things to remember about the $18 billion. since that time, many of the things that were policy , there has been spending on that about half of what the cbo expected would be needed during those comparable policy objectives now maybe cheaper and generate less and the way of spending. is that thehing cbo did not use a dynamic scoring. you did not take into account the potential economic growth affects. the last piece of what is ,appened is since that score congress has passed and the president has assign the affordable care act. my reading of this legislation is is a bipartisan commitment that those who would become registered provisional immigrants who are here illegally, would not be eligible 10,benefits not for probably not for 15. so there will not be a budgetary impact. over the longer term, there is something congress should keep on and terms of the budgetary outlook. i would be happy to discuss with you the impact of the bill in that r
it would over 10 years increased deficit by about $18 billion. it doesn't tell like a lot now but there are things to remember about the $18 billion. since that time, many of the things that were policy , there has been spending on that about half of what the cbo expected would be needed during those comparable policy objectives now maybe cheaper and generate less and the way of spending. is that thehing cbo did not use a dynamic scoring. you did not take into account the potential economic...
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guest: number one is we are racking up near a trillion- dollar deficit every year. the company's debt to gdp ratio is a 73% and expected to get worse. one thing is to use this money to improve the country's financial position. interestingly, in his budget, and in discussions and rhetoric, there are also tax breaks for multiple other industries include the alternative energy industry which he included in his 2013 budget to continue to provide support for that industry. a portion could be used to subsidize or provide tax expenditures for that. host: are taking your calls as we discussed oil and tax breaks. the fault numbers are on your screen -- -- the phone numbers are on your screen -- we will go to st. louis, missouri. caller: hello? we have seen time and time again that when we raise taxes on corporations, it is not just raising taxes on the corporations because it is often passed on to the american people with an increase of the price of the commodity. what are your thoughts that if we go aohis, we see the price of gasoline go even higher? guest: i have done some
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including republican representative bill cassidy propose the ego act to cut the deficit. the act prevents taxpayer funds spent on portraits of members of congress and heads of federal agencies. cassidy says spending money on portraits when the national debt is $17 trillion is far from appropriate. meanwhile, mortgage rates down for a third straight week at the housing market continues to recover. according to freddy mack, the average right on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 3.14%. move over, hybrids, gm's 2015 turbo diesel gets 46 miles a gallon making it more efficient than the gasoline electric combined vehicles. it's rolling out in markets like baltimore and milwaukee next month. that's the latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. ♪ we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the offi
including republican representative bill cassidy propose the ego act to cut the deficit. the act prevents taxpayer funds spent on portraits of members of congress and heads of federal agencies. cassidy says spending money on portraits when the national debt is $17 trillion is far from appropriate. meanwhile, mortgage rates down for a third straight week at the housing market continues to recover. according to freddy mack, the average right on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 3.14%. move over,...
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i rerecently introduced the disabled veterans red tape deficit reduction act. this is a simple idea that would allow veterans to go to doctors outside the v.a. system to get their claims processed. it would speed it up. but this program is at risk right now. a program that 20% of all veterans use, because the last congress failed to re-authorize it. i urge my colleagues to support this measure for another five years. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. man eorgiae?pose does t >> to revis my e d remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, today i have introduced two bills to help small businesses. we all like to talk about how small business are the engine of our economy, small businesses, and that's because that is true. that's why i will -- i have introduced the help entrepreneurs create american jobs act, which is a bipartisan bill to double the deduction for start-up expenses to encourage entrepreneurs to start a business and create jobs. i'll also introduce the fairness this transparency and c
i rerecently introduced the disabled veterans red tape deficit reduction act. this is a simple idea that would allow veterans to go to doctors outside the v.a. system to get their claims processed. it would speed it up. but this program is at risk right now. a program that 20% of all veterans use, because the last congress failed to re-authorize it. i urge my colleagues to support this measure for another five years. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. man...
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raisingle sort of taxes, revenues, don't worry about deficits. she was the housewife adding up the public book in her handbook -- and her handbags. she was much more cautious than reagan and economic policies. host: republican caller. caller: i'm from manchester, england. i grew up in los angeles. but i frequently visit my relatives in england during -- in englad. -- in england. in the early 1980's him i was talking to my cousins, and they really hated margaret thatcher because they thought she was a direct threat to their own livelihood. they were prounion, labour party, and they believed thatcher was going to take away their jobs, their home, their education. , and there two years ago the same cousins still hate thatcher. they blame her for all of england's economic woes, the breakup of the uk. that if it feel wasn't for the government, for socialism, they would have nothing. these people are physicians and actuaries, they are well educated. came from working classes in manchester. they cannot seem to pull away from the belief that if it wasn't
raisingle sort of taxes, revenues, don't worry about deficits. she was the housewife adding up the public book in her handbook -- and her handbags. she was much more cautious than reagan and economic policies. host: republican caller. caller: i'm from manchester, england. i grew up in los angeles. but i frequently visit my relatives in england during -- in englad. -- in england. in the early 1980's him i was talking to my cousins, and they really hated margaret thatcher because they thought she...
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because you know for two years now you've been talking about debt and deficit spending. and in this sense it all ties back together. >> well, what's driving our spending and driving our debt is the fact that there are 10,000 baby boomers like me retiring every day. 70,000 this week. 3.5 million this year. social security, medicare, there is no money there in those fund. it has all been spent. people are living longer, accessing medicaid. so the real drivers of the debt primarily are our big entitlement programs that won't survive in their current form unless we make some changes. so it has got, it really has nothing to do with what we call the discretionary spending pot. bill: understood. homeland security spending is not touched? >> we have the sequester because the president won't get serious about solving our big spending problem. he insisted on the sequester. they may have an impact but i don't believe that it's going to affect our counter terrorism activities or affect the ability to protect the american people. bill: what about the immigration debate? there's a lot
because you know for two years now you've been talking about debt and deficit spending. and in this sense it all ties back together. >> well, what's driving our spending and driving our debt is the fact that there are 10,000 baby boomers like me retiring every day. 70,000 this week. 3.5 million this year. social security, medicare, there is no money there in those fund. it has all been spent. people are living longer, accessing medicaid. so the real drivers of the debt primarily are our...
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our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the american people to know that we do care. in order to care you need to have. budget conferees to go through the budget process and begin to pass elements of the president's budget that speaks to the heart and mind, mr. speaker, of the needs of the american people. i conclude by offering, again, my deepest sympathy and promise to those who suffer that america and its congress must stand up and respond to your needs. i am ready to do so as my colleagues are. we should do it now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the cha
our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the...
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called on congress to replace the dumb sequester cuts and put instead in place a smarter approach to deficit reduction. >> republicans are charging politics. this is from bill shuster, the chairman of the transportation and infrastructure committee a republican. this disregard for the american public is indicative that the administration views as the sequester to attempt to score political points rather than address real issues and find real savings in a bloated federal bureaucracy. the airline industry says that these cuts could be designed much better. they say they have been designed for what appears to be maximum impact. they are suing the faa to try to overturn the way these cuts have been structured. back to you. melissa: we are up-to-date. thanks to you, rich edson. melissa: despite the faa's dire warnings so far flight delays seem to be anything but sequester-related as you just heard. is this another example of the faa crying wolf? let's ask mary schiavo. former secretary with the transportation. faa playing politics. >> they can rely on constituent group, airline and air port opera
called on congress to replace the dumb sequester cuts and put instead in place a smarter approach to deficit reduction. >> republicans are charging politics. this is from bill shuster, the chairman of the transportation and infrastructure committee a republican. this disregard for the american public is indicative that the administration views as the sequester to attempt to score political points rather than address real issues and find real savings in a bloated federal bureaucracy. the...
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you can't tell me you care about deficit reduction when they won't do anything to bring new revenue into the government. >> we had tax increases january 1st. bill: back to the point about money, jerry moran, republican from kansas, richard blumenthal, democrat out of connecticut, they argue you could take $50 million immediately in unused faa research and capital fund and prevent the air traffic controllers from closing. that is how you avert the thing immediately. >> easy to say that. i'm not counting the beans. i'm sure the faa is not making a gratuitous decision to hurt people sitting on tarmac. i assume they know what they're doing and not doing it with some kind of conspiracy with the white house to hurt travelers. >> part of the executive branch of government. the president, president obama runs the executive branch. >> he doesn't run the faa or every part of the government. >> they could do this in an afternoon, alan. >> go fix it. you know where the beans are being counted. ridiculous. bill: we'll see who cries uncle first in this. thank you, alan. thank you, tucker. see you both
you can't tell me you care about deficit reduction when they won't do anything to bring new revenue into the government. >> we had tax increases january 1st. bill: back to the point about money, jerry moran, republican from kansas, richard blumenthal, democrat out of connecticut, they argue you could take $50 million immediately in unused faa research and capital fund and prevent the air traffic controllers from closing. that is how you avert the thing immediately. >> easy to say...
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spending on personnel, goods, services and other current spending, allowing the country to meet its 5.5% deficit target for 2013. this follows parliament voting down other measures, throwing the country's needed fund-raising into doubt and raising concern more broadly about the eurozone. but now it looks as though spending cuts compensate for the austerity measures that were rejected by the court are going forward. so perhaps providing some relief to those worried that this would throw the eurozone's progress into doubt. not a major move on the back of that news. >>> straight ahead on "worldwide exchange," uk retail sales figures for march will hit the tape in just a couple minutes' time. we'll break down those numbers for you live. >>> plus, strong first quarter results. can they maintain their edge? >>> welcome back tos with was. these are your headlines. stocks in europe recovering from the worst day in nine months. performance from basic resources amid concern about declining commodity prices spp fear of falling demand for iphones and ipads is veding to asia where shares of apple suppliers i
spending on personnel, goods, services and other current spending, allowing the country to meet its 5.5% deficit target for 2013. this follows parliament voting down other measures, throwing the country's needed fund-raising into doubt and raising concern more broadly about the eurozone. but now it looks as though spending cuts compensate for the austerity measures that were rejected by the court are going forward. so perhaps providing some relief to those worried that this would throw the...